Monday, December 20th, 2021
HERNDON, Va.- BlackSky’s (NYSE: BKSY) high-resolution small satellite constellation has the highest revisit rate in the world, with a peak of 15 hourly visits per day over certain locations. The real-time geospatial intelligence company achieved a 12 small satellite constellation, doubling its imaging capacity, following Wednesday’s successful Rocket Lab mission. In less than 30 days the
Monday, December 20th, 2021
REDLANDS, Calif.-The global population grew by almost two billion people during the last 20 years—nearly 30 percent. Such growth is not evenly distributed over time or across space: the extremes include Qatar growing by 400 percent and Lithuania losing 25 percent. And even within countries, the rate of growth varies. To support the need for
Monday, December 20th, 2021
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.- Steel City Drones, a Birmingham, Alabama-based reseller, is partnering with SmartDrone to provide quadcopter UAVs for surveying and mapping in the southeastern United States. The partnership will offer the region’s land surveyors and mapping professionals the latest technology. These drones will be available to Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee for various missions
Monday, December 20th, 2021
Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) joins European space consortium UN:IO targeted at creating an independent European constellation of satellites for commercial and institutional communication channels. As a vital part of the infrastructure, SSC adds its significant heritage from satellite communications services as well as one of the world’s leading ground station networks. The megaconstellation is set
Monday, December 20th, 2021
Sequans Communications S.A., a provider of 5G/4G cellular IoT connectivity solutions, announced the availability of low-power GNSS positioning capability on its Monarch 2 LTE-M/NB-IoT platform. The integrated GNSS solution offers Sequans’ IoT customers accurate positioning with lower power consumption, removing the need for an external positioning chipset for an overall higher performing, lower cost tracking
Monday, December 20th, 2021
SAM Companies (“SAM” or the “Company”), the nation’s leading provider of professional geospatial and inspection solutions to customers across the utility, transportation, and broader infrastructure industries, is pleased to announce that on December 3, 2021, it completed the acquisition of Ghiotto & Associates, Inc., a professional land surveying and mapping company located in Jacksonville, Florida.
Monday, December 20th, 2021
Kleos’ third satellite cluster of four satellites have passed all pre-shipment tests Builder, Innovative Solutions In Space, given all-clear for transport to Cape Canaveral to launch on the Transporter-3 SpaceX mission in January 2022 The Patrol Mission (KSF2) satellites feature enhanced hardware and software, significantly increasing data collection capability by an additional 119 million km²
Monday, December 20th, 2021
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.-The Sanborn Map Company, Inc. (Sanborn) announces it has completed collection of more than 20,000 square miles of Quality Level 1 lidar for the Red River Watershed Management Board (RRWMB). Sanborn completed the lidar acquisition over a 29-day period in the fall of 2021. The data will be processed using technology that includes
Monday, December 20th, 2021
LOS ANGELES – System1, owners of MapQuest, one of the original consumer mapping services, today announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire RoadWarrior, a subscription app focused on route planning for today’s ever-growing gig economy drivers. The acquisition will enable System1 to continue expanding the breadth of their subscription offerings, while delivering more
Monday, December 20th, 2021
Cloud-Hosted Geospatial Technology Will Bring Customers Easy-to-Consume Imagery Data REDLANDS, Calif. — Satellites now provide huge datasets that require complex processing, data routing, and storage. To satisfy the growing demand for this data, Microsoft has teamed with Esri, the global leader in location intelligence, to rapidly analyze imagery data captured by satellite providers in space orbit. Esri’s
